CVE-2018-11507 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in the FLIF library by triggering a long loop during PNM image loading.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-11507?
CVE-2018-11507 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF) 0.3. An attacker can trigger a long loop in image_load_pnm in image/image-pnm.cpp.
Weakness: CWE-834
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11507?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Flif Flif.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11507?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11507 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-11507 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11507 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-crvw-8j55-4xxv.